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Sjuøyane
Part of Svalbard
Sjuøyane (English: Seven Islands) is the northernmost part of the Svalbard archipelago north of mainland Norway, and some 20 km north of the eastern major island Nordaustlandet. 3 kilometers (637 mi / 553 nm) south of the North Pole.
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Overview
Sjuøyane (English: Seven Islands) is the northernmost part of the Svalbard archipelago north of mainland Norway, and some 20 km north of the eastern major island Nordaustlandet. The islands are the northernmost landmass reachable by normal means, being 1024.3 kilometers (637 mi / 553 nm) south of the North Pole. In comparison, Robert Falcon Scott started his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition 1374 km (742 Nm) from the South Pole. Many of the islands are named after English explorers, most notably Captain Nelson.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands4
- Islets2
- Rocks & skerries2
Major islands
Phippsøya
- Area
- 21.9 km²
- High point
- 461 m
Phippsøya (anglicized as Phipps Island) is the largest island in Sjuøyane, an archipelago north of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard in Arctic Norway. 5 km south of Rossøya, the northernmost island of the Svalbard archipelago. 1 km wide Trollsundet and from Tavleøya to the northwest by the 1 km wide Marmorsundet.
Parryøya
- Area
- 16.7 km²
- High point
- 412 m
Parryøya (English: Parry Island) is southernmost of the three larger islands in Sjuøyane, situated 15 km northeast of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard. 3 km wide Straumporten sound and from Chermsideøya to the south by Nordkappsundet.
Martensøya
- Area
- 15.2 km²
- High point
- 398 m
Martensøya (anglicized as Martens Island) is the easternmost island of Sjuøyane, which lies north of Nordaustlandet, part of the Svalbard archipelago in Arctic Norway. The island is named after the German physician Friderich Martens, who visited Spitsbergen in 1671. Total area 19 km2. l..
Minor islands
Waldenøya
- Area
- 0.93 km²
- High point
- 171 m
Tavleøya
- Area
- 0.53 km²
- High point
- 173 m
Vesle Tavleøya
- Area
- 0.44 km²
- High point
- 275 m
Nelsonøya
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 72 m
Islets
- Unnamed island0.04 km²
- Unnamed island0.3 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Rossøya48 m · 0.08 km²
- Unnamed island0.1 ha
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island0.6 ha
- Unnamed island0.2 ha
- Unnamed island11 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Phippsøya: 461 m
- Parryøya: 412 m
- Martensøya: 398 m
- Vesle Tavleøya: 275 m
- Tavleøya: 173 m
- Waldenøya: 171 m
- Nelsonøya: 72 m
- Rossøya: 48 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Phippsøya | 21.9 km² |
| Parryøya | 16.7 km² |
| Martensøya | 15.2 km² |
| Waldenøya | 0.93 km² |
| Tavleøya | 0.53 km² |
| Vesle Tavleøya | 0.44 km² |
| Nelsonøya | 0.17 km² |
| Rossøya | 0.08 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- NOR-2016-Svalbard-Sjuøyane-Phippsøya-View from the water 04. Godot13 / CC BY-SA 4.0